MR. FITZPATRICK'S BIOLOGY CLASS



1.7 Characteristics of Life/Unit 1 Anchoring EventWhat are the requirements something must have to be considered living? At least have three specific classifications that make something living._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The 7 Characteristics of LifeResponsiveness to the environment - Living things _____________ to environmental changes; respond to ______________.Growth and change – All living things get larger and more ____________ throughout their life.Motile -Non-Motile -Ability to reproduce – Living things are capable of _____________ ___________ living things.Have a metabolism - Living things require __________. Energy is utilized in chemical reactions.Metabolism - _____ chemical __________________ in the bodyAutotroph/Producer - make their own _________Heterotroph/Consumer - rely on ________ organisms for foodMaintain homeostasis - Living things regulate, or normalize, their _______________ _______________ to keep themselves stable.Homeostasis - to maintain internal _______________Being made of cells - Living things are made up of at least _______ _________ or morePassing traits onto offspring - Living things make living things that share their __________________.Pick one of the 4 pictures to arguer why it might be considered “living” Be sure to have at least one of the 7 characteristics of life to back up your claim. Write down which characteristic to the right, 1578433229400________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________108585546925To be considered living, one must have ALL 7 Characteristics of Life.00To be considered living, one must have ALL 7 Characteristics of Life.________________________________________Rock Pocket MiceExplore: Read the passage below out loud with your partner. Annotate and then answer the questions that follow.A typical rock pocket mouse is about 170 millimeters long from its nose to the end of its tail, shorter than an average pencil. And at just 15 grams, this tiny mouse weights about as much as a handful of paper clips. Rock pocket mice, however, have had an enormous impact on science. What’s so special about them?You can find populations of rock pocket mice all over the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States. There are two common varieties—a light-colored variety and a dark-colored variety. There are also two major colors of substrate, or surface materials, that make up the desert floor. Most of the landscape consists of light-colored sand and rock, but there are some large patches of dark volcanic rocks that formed from cooling lava flows, separated by several kilometers of light-colored patches. Summarize in two sentences what is most important from what you just read about rock pocket mice: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The illustrations represent snapshots of rock pocket mouse populations. Each full-page illustration shows the color variation at two different locations, A and B, at a particular moment in time. (note: the images are not in order)With your partner, study the images and discuss the questions below to help you explain what is going on with the rock pocket mice. Write your ideas in the boxes.What could explain the spreading out of rock pocket mice?What additional information do you need to understand what is going on?What questions do you have?What order do you think the images go in and why?Location ANumber of mice with light-colored fur _________Number of total mice __________Number of mice with dark-colored fur _________Which color is more advantageous? __________2188257366000Location BNumber of mice with light-colored fur _________Number of total mice __________Number of mice with dark-colored fur _________Which color is more advantageous? __________2151893806200-32254239444700 ................
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